Improvement in meat-cutters



NITED STATES HENRY P. GODDARD, 0E ORANGE, MAssiwntrsnrrs.`

IMPROVEMENT N METHCUTTRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 165,442, dated July 13, 1875; application iled June 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY P. GODDARD, of Orange, in the county of Franklin, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Meat and Vegetable Choppers, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in thc art or science to ,which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompaning drawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a sectional isometrical perspective view.

My inventionrelates to that class of meat choppers which are provided with rotary cutters, and consists in a novel construction and arrangement ofthe parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth, by which a very simple, cheap, and more effective device of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of my improvement render an elaborate description unnecessary to make it fully obvious to all conversant with such matters.

' In the drawing, A represents the base or bed-piece, and B the standard, or upright, which is elongated to form the bent arm or neck G. Projecting upwardly from the center of the bed A there is a standard or step, Q, which is fitted to work nicely in a hole through the bottom of the tub or tank K, and standing in the upper end of this step there is a vertical shaft, G, journaled also in a box at the outer end ot' the arm C. Around the shaft G there is arranged a sleeve or tube, H, to the upper end oi' which is iixed the beveled gear F', and to the lower end of which are attached the cutting-blades I. Projecting horizontally from the standard B there is a hollow arm or stud, D, carrying -a shaft, o the outer end of which the Wheel R is mounted, and to the inner end of which the bevel-gear E is secured. A downwardly-t'acing bevelgear, F, is disposed near the upper end of the shaft G, the gears F F being connected by the intermediate gear E. Beneath the tub K there is a lever, M, one end of which is pivoted at l in the standard, its opposite end working in a serrated slot, O, in the standard N. In thecenter of the lever M there is a hole through Which the stepQ passes, and attached thereto are two upwardly-bent wires, L, forming a pivotal support for the tub K. Beneath the lever` around the step Q there is a coiled-wire spring, w, which acts expansively to force the support L against the bottom of the tub when the lever is released from theteeth O. Fixed to the shaft G, near its lower end, there is a horizontally-arranged cutting-blade, J, which works in conjunction with the blade I to form shears for cutting the meat or contents of the tub.

The box at the end of the arm D is formed of two parts,f h, hinged together at J and secured by the clasp 7c, being constructed in such a manner that when the box is opened the shaft G, gears F F', sleeve H, and blades or cutters I J, may be readily removed as one piece, leaving the tub mounted on the step Q. The removal of the shaft G may be more easily accomplished by first depressing the lever M and securing it by means ot' the teeth O. A vertical groove, S, is formed in one side of the tub K, iu which a stud projectin g from the standard B works to prevent the tub from turning on the step Q1. In the use of my improvement, the meat or article to be chopped isplaced in the tub K and the wheel R rapidly revolved, cansing the knives I J to move in opposite directions and cut or mince the contents ot' 1 the tub in a manner which will be readily ap parent without amore detailed explanation.

It will be obvious that the knives I J revolve in opposite directions in loose contact, and maintain the same relative position to each other and to the step Q, but maybe caused to pass vertically through the contents of the tub, while rotating, by means of the lever M, by which the tub can be raised and lowered during the operation of cl1op ping, as desired.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a chopping mechanism, substantially such as described, the shaft G, provided with the knife J and gear F, and the sleeve H, provided with the gear F', and knife I, in combina-tion with thetub K, gear E, standard B, and step Q, constructed and arranged PATENT OFEIGE.`

t-o operate substantially as and for the purserrated standard N, combined and arranged pose' set forth. to operate substantially :is and for the pur- 2. In a chopping mechanism, substantially pose set forth and specified. such als described, lthe tub K arranged to slide veitically inl relation to the7 knives I J, sub- HENRY P' GODDARD [L' S'] stantially as set'forth and specified. Witnesses:

3. In a chopping mechanism, substantially EDWARD CLAPP,

such as deserlbemthe lever M, spring m, and WILLIAM A. COBB. 

